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		<title>In memory of Gordon</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 12 Jan 2012 15:28:32 +0000</pubDate>
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		<category><![CDATA[Vol 31 No 3 | 1/14-1/20]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Vol 31 No 3 | January 14 - January 20]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[By Stacy Nguyen Northwest Asian Weekly Gordon Hirabayashi died on Jan. 2 in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada, where he taught sociology at the University of Alberta (UA). He was 93 and had been suffering from Alzheimer’s. In 1942, the U.S. Government ordered nationwide evacuation of Japanese Americans by Executive Order 9066. The government simply called it [...]]]></description>
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		<title>In memory of Ark Chin, community leader and activist (1924–2011)</title>
		<link>http://www.nwasianweekly.com/2011/11/in-memory-of-ark-chin-community-leader-and-activist-1924%e2%80%932011/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 17 Nov 2011 15:45:40 +0000</pubDate>
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		<category><![CDATA[Vol 30 No 47 | 11/19-11/25]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[By Staff Northwest Asian Weekly Ark Chin, a Chinese American community leader, passed away at his home on Nov. 13. He was 87 years old. Chin was born in a small village in Tai Shan, China, in 1924 and immigrated to the United States with his parents at the age of 10. He worked in [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Remembering Ping Chow</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 13 Jul 2011 20:39:28 +0000</pubDate>
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		<category><![CDATA[Vol 30 No 29 | 7/16-7/22]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Vol 30 No 29 | July 16 - July 22]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[By Jason Cruz Northwest Asian Weekly Edward Shui “Ping” Chow passed away peacefully on June 29, 2011, at the age of 94. He was born on November 5, 1916, in Canton, China. He was the sixth of eight children and the youngest son. As a youth, Ping became an apprentice to a Chinese opera singer [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Artist and father James Leong dies of heart complications at the age of 81</title>
		<link>http://www.nwasianweekly.com/2011/05/artist-and-father-james-leong-dies-of-heart-complications-at-the-age-of-81/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 03 May 2011 15:00:10 +0000</pubDate>
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		<category><![CDATA[Vol 30 No 18 | 4/30-5/6]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Award-winning artist James “Jim” Leong died on Thursday, April 21. He is perhaps most remembered for painting the first Chinese American historical mural in San Francisco.]]></description>
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		<title>Branda Pui Chu Luke (1954–2011)</title>
		<link>http://www.nwasianweekly.com/2011/03/branda-pui-chu-luke-1954%e2%80%932011/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 24 Mar 2011 19:55:44 +0000</pubDate>
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		<category><![CDATA[Vol 30 No 13 | 3/26-4/1]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Branda Pui Chu Luke passed away on March 18 after a three-year battle with lung cancer. She was 57.]]></description>
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		<title>In memory of&#8230;  Doug Luna, chief justice, community member, and minister</title>
		<link>http://www.nwasianweekly.com/2011/03/in-memory-of-doug-luna-chief-justice-community-member-and-minister/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 03 Mar 2011 19:46:02 +0000</pubDate>
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		<category><![CDATA[Vol 30 No 10 | 3/5-3/11]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Former Chief Justice Doug Luna of the Tlingit-Haida Tribes has passed away at the age of 67. He died peacefully in the University of Washington Hospital in Seattle]]></description>
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		<title>Urbano Quijance (1916–2011), veteran, Filipino activist</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 27 Jan 2011 20:31:58 +0000</pubDate>
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		<category><![CDATA[Vol 30 No 5 | 1/29-2/4]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Urbano Quijance, 95, died peacefully at his home in Seattle, on Jan. 22. Born in the Philippines, Urbano served his country as a defender of Bataan in WWII. He was captured as a prisoner-of-war ]]></description>
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		<title>Jimmy Locke: Veteran, husband, father, and businessman</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 13 Jan 2011 17:57:48 +0000</pubDate>
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		<category><![CDATA[Vol 30 No 3 | 1/15-1/21]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Jimmy Locke, born Youh K. Locke, passed away on Jan. 5 in Seattle.]]></description>
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		<title>Ted Choi Tam (1935–2010), father and activist</title>
		<link>http://www.nwasianweekly.com/2010/10/ted-choi-tam-1935%e2%80%932010-father-and-activist/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 07 Oct 2010 23:00:53 +0000</pubDate>
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		<category><![CDATA[Vol 29 No 41 | 10/9-10/15]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Tam majored in business at the University of Washington and served in the U.S. Army. He was a manufacturing engineer before starting Choi Investment Realty.]]></description>
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		<title>John Delloro</title>
		<link>http://www.nwasianweekly.com/2010/07/john-delloro/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 15 Jul 2010 17:32:01 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[John Delloro, the national president of the Asian Pacific American Labor Alliance (APALA), passed away from a heart attack in Los Angeles, Calif.  He was 38.]]></description>
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		<title>Patrick Kazuo Hagiwara</title>
		<link>http://www.nwasianweekly.com/2010/07/patrick-kazuo-hagiwara/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 08 Jul 2010 20:11:31 +0000</pubDate>
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		<category><![CDATA[Vol 29 No 28 | 7/10-7/16]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Patrick Kazuo Hagiwara, an alumnus of Ketchikan High School (class of 1936), member of the 442 Regimental Combat Team (RCT)]]></description>
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		<title>Obit: Masako Murakami (1919–2010): traveler, business owner</title>
		<link>http://www.nwasianweekly.com/2010/02/obit-masako-murakami-1919%e2%80%932010-traveler-business-owner/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 05 Feb 2010 23:30:57 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[By Shaodan Chen NORTHWEST ASIAN WEEKLY Masako “Masa” Murakami, the last of four children in the well-known Murakami family, recently passed away on Jan. 29 at the age of 90. Masa contributed to her family’s store, the Higo 10 Cent Store (later the Higo Variety Store), throughout her life with her enthusiasm for the imported [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Raymond Jiro Takisaki: Father, business owner, military man, and dedicated volunteer</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 31 Dec 2009 04:31:11 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Takisaki had eight siblings and was living in Seattle when the United States entered World War II. His mother, Mine Takehana, died soon after she gave birth to her last child. Takisaki and his siblings were raised by their father, Tomotsu S. Takizaki (the spelling of the surname was later changed), a grocery store and antique store owner, who was born in Tokyo.]]></description>
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		<title>Qian Xuesen, father of China’s space technology program</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 12 Nov 2009 20:30:35 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[BEIJING (AP) — Qian Xuesen, a rocket scientist known as the father of China’s space technology program, died on Oct. 31 in Beijing, the official Xinhua News Agency said. He was 98 years old.]]></description>
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		<title>William Lum Sing (1920–2009)</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 10 Sep 2009 17:03:42 +0000</pubDate>
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		<category><![CDATA[Vol 28 No 38 | 9/12 - 9/18]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[William Lum Sing died on Aug. 21 in Seattle due to complications from a stroke. A businessman, Sing was a key figure in raising funds for the Chinese Baptist Church, was an active member and former commander of Cathay Post 186 of the American Legion, and contributed to the expansion and renovation of the Wing Luke Asian Museum in Seattle in 2008.]]></description>
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		<title>Commander Bok Pon</title>
		<link>http://www.nwasianweekly.com/2009/08/commander-bok-pon/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 13 Aug 2009 05:59:29 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[On July 21, Commander Bok Pon passed away due to a deteriorating liver caused by Hepatitis B.

Three years ago, Commander Pon was diagnosed with Hepatitis B. Even with this prior knowledge, Pon did not stop helping people and continued his duties at American Legion Post #384, known as Cathay Post. ]]></description>
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		<title>Filipinos mourn Corazon Aquino’s death</title>
		<link>http://www.nwasianweekly.com/2009/08/filipinos-mourn-corazon-aquino%e2%80%99s-death/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 06 Aug 2009 16:35:16 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[During her lifetime, Corazon Aquino was a symbol of hope and change for Filipinos. She was the first female president in all of Asia. To many, Aquino was more than a president. She was considered to be a mother to all Filipinos, and her recent death has caused sorrow for many in Seattle.]]></description>
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		<title>In memory of Sunao (Phil) Ishio, father and soldier</title>
		<link>http://www.nwasianweekly.com/2009/07/in-memory-of-sunao-phil-ishio-father-and-soldier/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 16 Jul 2009 16:03:50 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[On May 23, Colonel Sunao (Phil) Ishio passed away in his sleep. ]]></description>
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		<title>George Uchida, 1924–2009</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 26 Jun 2009 15:18:01 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[On May 27, George Uchida passed away from complications from a head injury. Uchida was a former scoutmaster who mentored U.S. Secretary of Commerce Gary Locke. Uchida was born on April 11, 1924 in Seattle to Otomatsu and Mio Uchida. He was interned with his family during WWII and enlisted in the famous Nisei 442nd [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Sandra Otaka, 1952–2009</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 26 Jun 2009 15:17:48 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Judge Sandra Otaka, a member of the Chicago JACL and a leader in the Asian American community, has passed away. An advocate for Asian Americans and the first Asian American elected as a Cook County judge, she died of natural causes at her home on June 6. She was 57 years old. Otaka was politically active [...]]]></description>
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